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Originally Posted by SofaProfessor
I hate when animals have to die because of human stupidity. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a member of PETA or anything. I eat more steak than any healthy person should. But cows and chickens are raised as a food source. This gorilla was raised and held as entertainment which, in itself, is already a bit of an ethical leap. So when we violate the boundaries of this dangerous animal and then kill it despite it doing absolutely 0 things wrong; that bothers me. Put me in the camp that says the zoo should have hit it with a tranquillizer dart and hoped for the best.
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So, they toss a dart into the ape. It takes what, 5,10,20 mins to conk him out? What are the chances it is agitated after getting hit by a dart and the
human child is maimed or killed? 50%? 20%? 5%? .01%? You gotta think anything over zero percent is worth killing a gorilla over, no? They are majestic apes, but of course, so are humans.
Are you an expert? Is anyone ITT? I know where we can find some experts to weigh in. The friggin' zoo keepers at the GD zoo. They shot the ape to save the human. Sucks that it happened, but they know what they are doing.
Bit surprised this story is still being talked about TBH.